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Continued delay in unemployment insurance money
Sweden’s A-banks are still closed after the cyber attack this week. It meant that Thursday’s payment of unemployment compensation was missed.
On Sunday, the problems persist and there is no forecast for when the unemployment funds will be ready to start paying out money again.
Tomas Eriksson, head of office at the umbrella organization Sveriges a-kassar, states that the next payment has the highest priority.
– We are working to secure future payments as best we can. That work is now underway. In this situation, we cannot say more than that, he says.
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Stop on E20 – road closed
Two cars have collided on the E22 east of Gualöv, Kristianstad.
The accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. and there was then a total standstill in both directions.
Just over half an hour later, traffic has reopened in the eastbound direction. It is still closed in the westbound direction, where the accident occurred, the police write on their website.
It is still unclear if anyone was injured in the accident.
Bush knockers were threatened with a gun – chased out into the forest
A group of young people went around knocking on doors in a town outside Lidköping on the eve of the Valborg Fair, reports NLT.
One of the doors was opened by a teenage boy who was armed with a gun.
The youths ran off towards a wooded area and the teenage boy chased after them. There the situation calmed down and the boy said “I could have shot you”, but also said that the gun was not a real gun
It turned out to be a carbon-fueled air gun. The boy was sentenced in the district court to 40 hours of youth service for illegal threats and weapons offences. The Court of Appeal changed the penalty to youth care.
Police cars must have safety lights
The police must be allowed to use the police cars’ “security-creating lights” to a greater extent to show their presence more clearly.
The government has decided this through an amendment to the traffic regulation.
The “identification light” is a fixed, weak, blue light that is on the roof of the cars.
“It is not an alarm signal and does not mean that road users must treat the police vehicle in any particular way,” writes the government in a press release.
– It has been shown that the light has good effects and now we are making it possible for the police to use it more permanently in order to be seen and create safety both when stationary and while driving, says Infrastructure and Housing Minister Andreas Carlson.
Nine dead after flood
Nine people have died in floods in Johannesburg in South Africa, AFP reports.
Eight people are also missing, according to local media.
The people are said to have been attending a church ceremony when the area was flooded.
Woman missing during orienteering competition
A woman has disappeared in connection with an orienteering competition in Furulund, Kävlinge. She was last seen at 11.50 at Kävlingebron.
The woman is in her 60s, is blonde and wearing a grey/red shirt, black trousers and was wearing a sweatband on her head.
Several police patrols are searching for the woman and are also using drones.
Update: The police announce that the woman has been found and is doing well.
Russian move after the price ceiling
Russia refuses to accept the price ceiling on oil agreed by EU countries, Russian Gazeta reports.
Now they plan to only sell oil to countries that agree to the market conditions, even if this means that they need to reduce production, says Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
He also states that Russia is now developing a “mechanism” that will prevent the EU from setting a price ceiling on oil.
1,700 dead seals found in Russia
About 1,700 dead seals have been found along Russia’s coast towards the Caspian Sea, AP reports with reference to the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
Local authorities in the sub-republic of Dagestan, where the seals were discovered, state that it is unclear what caused the mass death, but that the seals likely died of natural causes.
Investigators from the Environmental Prosecution Chamber and the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency have been collecting samples from the coast over the weekend to find out more about what may have happened to the seals.
40-year-old arrested for the police assault
The 40-year-old man who assaulted and injured two police officers in Ljusne is now in custody, reports SVT Gävleborg.
The man is detained on probable cause on suspicion of serious violence against an official and illegal threats.
It was on Thursday that the man assaulted the police after they arrested him.
One police officer was taken to hospital after the assault.
Fire in apartment building
At 1:45 p.m. SOS was alerted to a fire in an apartment in Borås.
Emergency services, ambulance and police were called to the scene. According to the emergency services, it must have been a fire on the seventh floor.
Update: The fire, which started in a kitchen, has been extinguished. No one was injured, according to the emergency services.
Modeus received as new archbishop
The new Archbishop Martin Modéus with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia after the reception service in Uppsala Cathedral. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
Martin Modéus has now been welcomed as the Church of Sweden’s new archbishop.
Among others, the king, queen and ministers were present when Modéus received the bishop’s staff, the archbishop’s cross and the archbishop’s certificate in Uppsala Cathedral on Sunday.
In his sermon, he highlighted themes such as joy, liberation, authenticity and grace, writes the Church of Sweden in a press release.
Martin Modéus is the Church of Sweden’s 71st archbishop and succeeds Antje Jackelén. He has previously been a bishop in the diocese of Linköping and his election language is “living together with Christ”.
“The Troll from Trondheim” on its way to Great Britain
A Norwegian storm named “Troll from Trondheim” is now moving towards Great Britain, reports the Daily Mail.
On Sunday, it started to snow in the north of England and in Scotland several yellow weather warnings are expected to be issued during the week.
According to the forecast, the temperature will drop below zero, while it is expected to snow heavily in several places in the coming days.
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